Department for Energy and Climate Change

Renewable Energy

Dr   Poulter: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to incentivise greater use of renewable and non-fossil fuel forms of energy.

Andrea Leadsom: Government has a range of measures in place to support deployment of low carbon energy sources. For electricity, these include Contracts for Difference, which will provide efficient long term support for all forms of low carbon electricity generation.  For heat, the non-domestic and domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) schemes are designed to bridge the gap between the cost of fossil fuel heat sources and renewable alternatives through financial support for owners of participating installations in Great Britain.